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houses of the city, the towers of a lofty building raised 

 themselves like a beacon, far above every other object 

 in massive proportions and In height. As we neared 

 the coast this proved to be the Eoman Catholic cathedral, 

 occupying the highest ground in the city. In many 

 other parts of North America, as well as here, I have 

 found the Eomlsh churches ambitiously securing the most 

 prominent and imposing positions. They are all selected 

 with an eye to the future. 



At 6 P.M. we landed on the pier. I almost felt myself 

 at home again as I set ray foot on shore in sight of the 

 British flag ; and the kind welcome of a Kingston family 

 added double pleasure to the agreeable week I subse- 

 quently spent in this place. 



In manners and in sympathies, a sensible difference 

 still prevails between Upper Canada and western New 

 York. Notwithstanding the proximity of the two coun- 

 tries, and the increasing Intercourse between them, this 

 will probably long continue to be the case. 



Part of the difference which is felt, in crossing from 

 either side, may be in idea only, and connected with 

 one's political prejudices, republican or monarchical ; yet 

 sensible differences, both in men and women, exist 

 nevertheless. One feels the de trop — the tendency to 

 exaggerate — among the men on the one side, obtruding 

 itself sometimes offensively, especially in the newer States 

 of the Union, and among the newer people. An opposite 

 tendency, and not unfrequently symptoms of discontent 

 lurking at the corners of the mouth, are met with along 

 the Canadian border, so often as to arrest attention to 

 the circumstance. But the Upper Canadians have in 

 themselves, and in their country, the materials of a first- 

 soiii People, if their eager spirit, anxious too speedily to 

 at the yould permit them to proceed steadily on their 



of which 



"Der Canadian women have their character too. 



